Attention All Hadit Members

[jbasser]

Due to the present state of the VA regional offices and the ShredderGate issue. I advise each and every one of you to strongly heed Pete53's advice and request a copy of the C File.

It does not matter if your claim is decided and your on cruise control or a Newbie starting out.

Get a Copy.

John

[yoggie2]

Pete53 I think you should make that sig Bigger, and maybe a few stressful words, I never new the importance of it till you suggested I pick one up and it as well as other things have changed the way I will fight my claim air tight..its a biggy

[Tbird]

how to request your claims folder http://www.hadit.com/request_copy_of_va_claims_folder.html check it out and see if it is helpful

Due to the present state of the VA regional offices and the ShredderGate issue. I advise each and every one of you to strongly heed Pete53's advice and request a copy of the C File.

It does not matter if your claim is decided and your on cruise control or a Newbie starting out.

Get a Copy.

John

[spike]

everyone here is making everything so much harder than it really needs to be.

with VA

4138-1 statement of claim (bring through your vso for backup) and write this "I request at full Copy of my C File and SMRs per my right under FOIA". Have it stamped.

Done.

No extra forms to be made, no worries. Secondly, I would only do this when your file is sitting in files, because FOIA/Congressional Requests and Correspondence Requests pull your file from Desks.

To remove any concerns, FOIA Requests are simply people who are to copy the files, they are not vested in adjudicating files, claims, etc...so you don't have to worry about they "poking their noses" into your claim....

[tssnave]

If you are in the appeals process, remember that for an IMO to carry much weight the doc/shrink has to review your C-file which they can't do if you don't have a copy of it.

I believe it was Pete's insistence that we get a copy of our C-file and Berta's insistence that we get IMOs when I was working my claim (and they are both still saying it) are two of the major reasons I finally got properly rated 100% P&T.

The whole sheddergate makes me sick and thankful that (for now) I am out of the VA meat grinder.

For those of you with active claims, hang in there.

Thanks,

TS Snave

[Bossman]

Pete53 I think you should make that sig Bigger, and maybe a few stressful words, I never new the importance of it till you suggested I pick one up and it as well as other things have changed the way I will fight my claim air tight..its a biggy

I could not agree with with getting a copy of your C-File more. It helped me provve that I was denied due process and a DRO hearing was scheduled for me 14 days later. They tried to schedule it 7 days later.

I requested a copy of my C-File while having an appeal pending. It took 3 weeks and that is 4 folders, stuffed.

[hurryupnwait]

I got a complete and full copy of my claims file in Oct last year and I know that papers were missing that I sent the RO and AMC.

My attorney, Ken Carpenter, requested my c file copy in March and he still does not have it.

Happy Trails

Paul